Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LC Clinical Physiotherapy Skills
School	Sport, Ex and Rehab Sciences
Department	Sport, Ex and Rehab Sciences
Module Code	03 40191
Module Lead	Jane Priest
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-11 hours Practical Classes and workshops-44 hours Guided independent study-145 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	This module introduces students to a number of basic clinically-oriented skills that underpin physiotherapy assessment and management. In developing these skills, the module also provides students with an opportunity to consider professional consideration in applying such skills. The module has a strong practical focus and students practice manual skills used clinically to assess impairment (e.g. range of movement measurement and strength testing) and broader assessment skills that focus on activity limitations (e.g. walking). It introduces students to the subjective assessment process where students will consider how practitioners gain the information they require as part of overall patient management. The module also provides an introduction to clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice. In developing the student's rudimentary practical-based knowledge and skills, the module provides a scaffold for other clinically-focused modules that aim to prepare students for practice-based education in more specific settings.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: 20.1 Conduct a basic subjective and objective physiotherapy assessment. 20.2 Physically demonstrate and explain clinically-oriented anatomical knowledge such as palpation, normal joint range of movement and the action of related muscles. 20.3 Physically demonstrate basic manual skills that provide a basis for physiotherapy assessment and intervention. 20.4 Demonstrate a rudimentary analysis of normal functional movements (e.g. walking) and identify some basic clinical examples where movements deviate away from normal. 20.5 Demonstrate the process of clinical reasoning and the importance of evidence-based practice.
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Assessment: Practical assessment, 20 mins (50%) Presentation, 15 mins (50%) No compensation between components Reassessment: Repeat components as required Practical assessment (50%) Presentation (50%) Internal hurdles remain
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